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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Future Ada language revisions?
Date: 1998/09/27
Date: 1998-09-27T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1998Sep27.181539.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6um7on$db5$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com

In article <6um7on$db5$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, bpr5549@my-dejanews.com writes:

> PS: In case anyone is wondering, my main peeve is the restriction on out mode
> function parameters, which I just don't understand, even when I'm trying to
> open minded. I have yet to hear a good defense of this restriction, so if
> anyone has one, I'm all ears, errr, eyes.

On a more pragmatic note, what do you feel has changed about the
world since 1995 to make people change their minds on this issue?
There is no sense wasting resources to debate an issue when those
with a vote have chosen (twice) to let people use procedures rather
than functions to solve this need.

Larry Kilgallen




  reply	other threads:[~1998-09-27  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-27  0:00 Future Ada language revisions? bpr5549
1998-09-27  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1998-09-27  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1998-09-28  0:00     ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1998-09-29  0:00         ` Michael F Brenner
1998-10-02  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1998-09-29  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-09-28  0:00     ` Michael F Brenner
1998-09-28  0:00       ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00   ` Arthur Evans Jr
1998-09-28  0:00     ` dewarr
1998-09-28  0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-05  0:00   ` Alfred Hilscher
1998-10-05  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-05  0:00     ` dewarr
1998-10-06  0:00       ` Alfred Hilscher
1998-10-05  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-05  0:00       ` dewarr
1998-10-02  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-03  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-05  0:00     ` dewarr
1998-10-04  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-05  0:00         ` Martin Dowie
1998-10-05  0:00           ` dewarr
1998-10-05  0:00           ` Niklas Holsti
1998-10-05  0:00             ` Martin Dowie
1998-10-06  0:00           ` r_barton1
1998-10-06  0:00           ` dennison
1998-10-06  0:00           ` dennison
1998-10-06  0:00             ` Martin Dowie
1998-10-06  0:00             ` dewarr
1998-10-06  0:00               ` Martin Dowie
1998-10-06  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-06  0:00     ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-06  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-07  0:00       ` dewarr
     [not found] ` <tgmF02yDo.A84@netcom.com>
1998-10-06  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-08  0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-08  0:00   ` Pat Rogers
1998-10-08  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-09  0:00     ` dennison
1998-10-16  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-10-21  0:00 Van Snyder
1998-10-22  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-21  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-23  0:00     ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-29  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-30  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
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